Five students reported seeing a man with what appeared to be a gun outside an elementary school Friday morning, police said.

Five students reported seeing a man with what appeared to be a gun outside an elementary school Friday morning, police said.

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Updated: 6:58 PM EDT Sep 18, 2015

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WEBVTT HANNAH: AND THE LAST HOUR,PARENTS HAVE BEEN PICKING UPTHEIR KIDS AT FLYNN ELEMENTARYBUT THIS MORNING WAS NOT NORMALAND POLICE SAY THEY STILL DON'TKNOW IF THERE WAS EVER A MANHERE WITH A GUN.WHEN A HANDFUL OF 7-10-YEAR-OLDTOLD HER TEACHER THEY SAW THEMAND POSSIBLY FIRE A GUN, THESCHOOL WENT INTO LOCKDOWN.A WHITE MALE IN CLOSEPROXIMITY TO THE SCHOOL AND ITWAS THEIR PERCEPTION THISINDIVIDUAL WAS HOLDING IN THEIRHANDA HANDGUN OF SOME SORT.HANNAH: A DOZENBURLINGTONPOLICE OFFICERS BEGIN CANVASSINGTHE NEIGHBORHOOD BUT EVEN BEFOREOFFICERS ARRIVED, SOME PARENTSSAID THINGS DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT ASTHEY DROPPED THEIR KIDS OFF.THERE WERE TWO SCHOOLEMPLOYEES AND I SAW THEM WALKINGHER DOWN.I THOUGHT THEY WERE WALKING HERBECAUSE SHE WAS LATE AND HERESHE IS LET INTO THE SCHOOL WHENTHEY ARE A NEW THERE WAS GOINGTO BE A LOCKDOWN.HANNAH: CHRISTINE'SEIGHT-YEAR-OLD WAS RUSHED OUT OFTHE CAR AND INTO THE SCHOOL ATTHE BEGINNING OF THE LOCKDOWN.I'M FURIOUS THEY WOULDN'THAVE SAID TAKE HER HOME.MANY OTHER PARENTS COULDRELATE.SOME ANXIOUSLY WAITED FORUPDATES.POLICE SAY THEY LEARNED A POWERTRANSFORMER BLEW JUST BEFORESCHOOL STARTED.COULD THAT HAVE BEEN A NOISE?ABSOLUTELY.WOULD THAT EXPLAIN THE CHILDRENSEEING AN INDIVIDUAL WITH AHANDGUN?I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULDEXPLAIN THAT.HANNAH: PARENTS SAY THEY AREGLAD SITUATION WAS TAKENSERIOUSLY.EARLIER TODAY, THESE WERE THESHADES IN THE SCHOOL THAT WERECLOSE.THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT IN THEDISTRICT APPLAUDED THE TEACHERSAND FAMILIES ON EDGE DURING THISORDEAL FOR MANAGING THECIRCUMSTANCES.TWO OTHER SCHOOLS ALSO ARE NOWOUT OF THE LOCKDOWNAND THESCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS THEY HAVE ALOT TO LEARN BUT THEY THINK

Burlington schools go into lock-down after gunman reported

Five students reported seeing a man with what appeared to be a gun outside an elementary school Friday morning, police said.